Despite how hard he racked his brain, he couldn’t come up with those missing three minutes. He’d gone in, seen her standing there in her clean white apron– That didn’t happen. That wasn’t real.He knew the memories were fake, but he still couldn’t dredge up the real one.Marksi was chittering at him in alarm from his shoulder.“Did you go in there with me?” Brin asked.Marksi twitched his tail in the affirmative.“Did you see what I ate?”Again, Marksi said yes.“Did anything else weird happen?”Marksi didn’t answer, giving him a flat look.“Did she hurt you? Or me? Did she do any obvious magic?”Marksi twitched his tail side-to-side for no.Even without the memories, Brin could piece together a little bit of what had happened. He’d gone into the store. He’d done or seen something that Bianca didn’t want him to remember. At some point, she’d tricked him into violating her hospitality. How wasn’t important right now; he’d figure that out if he ever got the memory back. He’d left, and she’d used the hold of broken hospitality to cast a hex on him, forcing him to forget what had really happened in there.He knew what he should do. He should run straight home, back to Hogg, and tell him everything. He risked one glance back at the store.Bianca stood in the doorway, watching him. Her face was grimy and her “pristine” white apron was covered in blood, as were her hands.He used [Inspect].

Name

Bianca Furda

Race

Human

Age

Class

Witch

Level

Description

Bianca is a sadist who thrives in her role as the town’s primary slaughterer of animals. She reached level 15 in Butcher before advancing to Witch. Expert in mutating animals and creating monsters. Her familiars are undead amalgamations of farm animals. Currently single.